With our Isdell Center for Global Leadership Showcase this week, I’m finally adding a link to the videos 8th grade students created last semester at the end of our unit about the environment. Public Service Announcements to motivate people to make change.

8th grade French students have been learning about how to talk about their past and tell stories using and contrasting two different past tenses, le passé composé et l’imparfait. One of our activities was to interview an older family member or teacher about his or her childhood and then to report to the class. Here are some examples of student writing.

The day before Spring Break began, 6th grade French students brought in materials to have a competition to see who could build the best French soccer stadium. Requirements were to include a certain amount of new vocabulary from our lesson about le football and to do some research about team logos and colors. The projects had to be completed before the bell rang, so the race was on to complete the project in the allotted 45 minutes!